Lithuania to increase security at critical infrastructure, prime minister says
Officials said the fire caused minor damage and no outage as investigators linked the incident to suspected Russia-backed sabotage.
- Bulgarian authorities issued a European arrest warrant for German citizens Tirpan Beytula and Zeka Islam, suspected of setting fire to eight Starlink antennas near Sofia on October 9.
- Prosecutors allege the pair entered Bulgaria from Serbia in a German-registered car to carry out the arson at the Plana Teleport facility, then returned to Serbia within hours.
- The Sofia City Court approved the warrant for men charged in absentia despite defense lawyers arguing investigators had identified the car but not the suspects inside it.
- Opposition lawmaker Ivaylo Mirchev of Democratic Bulgaria revealed the attack on October 12, then demanded Prime Minister Rumen Radev explain the three-day security silence and investigation progress.
- Similar arson attacks in Poland and Lithuania have been linked by authorities to Russian sabotage, as officials warn of escalating hybrid threats against infrastructure supplying Ukraine.
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Bulgarian authorities seek arrests Germans in arson of Starlink antennas – WTOP News
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities issued an international arrest warrant for two German citizens suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas outside the capital. The court in Sofia approved the European arrest warrant after prosecutors said the suspects carried out the planned attack within just a few hours while they were in Bulgaria on...
Bulgarian authorities seek arrests Germans in arson of Starlink antenn
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities issued an international arrest warrant for two German citizens suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas outside the capital. The court in Sofia approved the European arrest warrant after prosecutors said
A European arrest warrant has been issued for two German suspects in the arson attack on a Starlink station in Bulgaria, a spokesperson for the competent Sofia Criminal Court told the German news agency dpa on Monday.
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